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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425207246
ISBN number: 0425207242
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: December 06, 2005
Publishing house: Berkley
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Meet the unconventional Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, a minister's wife with her own calling: helping troubled souls in need of justice.
When the naked body of a murdered woman turns up on Aggie's front porch--and suspicion falls on Aggie's husband--she doesn't have a prayer of clearing his name unless she can uncover the truth in a town not known for confessing its sins.
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I started reading the book and really couldn't get into it at first. It started off kind of slow. But the more I read the better it got. I would recommend the book to everyone. Am buying the subsequent book in line.
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I read a lot of mysteries and this one I was not able to figure out the ending half way through the book. It is a well written book, but the ending came out of left field, not enough clues, that is the only reason I gave it a 4. I enjoyed the characters in the book and have gone on to read book number two.
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Emile Richards has written a great very first book in this new series. The protanganist is Aggie (short for Agate), the wife of a Unitarian minister who lives in a small college town in Ohio along with their two young daughters. Life as a minister's wife is not always easy, Aggie and her family are always on display, but they are liking small town living except for the fact that a wealthy, despotic member of the congregation has taken a dislike to Aggie's husband Ed and wants him gone. A young woman is murdered and left naked on the front doorstep of the parsanage and the body is discovered by the Ladies Society on the way to inspect the parsonage. Ed had been counseling the young woman, new to the town, but he can't reveal what she told him. Aggie is very worried that Ed may be the prime murder suspect and decides to investigate the murder. The plot involves Aggie's attempts to solve the mystery of who killed this young woman and why, and she presists in her investigations even though the handsome Greek detective, Roussos, keeps telling her to stay out of it. Aggie is assisted by her best friend Lucy, a realtor, who has acess to information that Aggie can use in her investigation.
The author does a great job with the dialog, the characters' descriptions, and the ambiance of small town life and the secrets of the people who live there. The mystery is well written and the plot is slowly revealed until the complex yet satisfying ending. I look forward to reading more books about Aggie and her family and the mysteries she solves.
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After working in a church in Boston and another in Washington, D.C., minister Ed Wilcox and his family have transferred to the Consolidated Community Church in Emerald Springs, Ohio. His wife, Aggie, initially has her doubts about settling down in a small town, but eventually she, Ed, and their two young children find themselves making friends, except for elderly parishioner Gelsey Falowell who despises Ed and wants to get rid of him. Gelsey's wish may come true when the naked body of a murder victim is left on the Wilcox's front porch and Ed, who had been counseling the dead woman, is the chief suspect. Aggie knows that Ed is innocent but wonders why Ed is keeping secrets from her especially when her daughter Teddy tells her she saw her father fighting with the dead woman. When a second murder is committed and detective Kirkor Roussos seems to suspect Ed committed both crimes, Aggie, with the help of her friend, real estate agent Lucy Jacobs, begins investigating the murders. The more Aggie looks into the crimes the more she realizes that people, especially Gelsey, have secrets that have been buried for years and some people will kill to have them remain secret.
"Blessed is the Busybody" is a good beginning to what looks to be a good mystery series. The characters are well written and well defined. The mystery is written from the view point of Aggie, revealing various bits of her unconventional childhood, plus her struggles to raise her children especially oldest daughter Deena, who at eleven is just starting to rebel a little bit. Both Teddy and Deena are well written and come across as real children. Aggie's friend Lucy is so well written that I could picture here while reading the book. Ed comes across as a bit bland, but I suspect that will change in future books. Author Emilie Richards does a good job describing small town life and the secrets hidden there and the town itself was like a character in the book. The mystery is well written with plenty of surprising secrets slowly revealed as the book goes on. The mystery is complex yet satisfying, if a bit sad. But there's a nice gentle humour throughout the book that takes the edge off the sadder elements.
"Blessed is the Busybody" is well worth reading.
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Aggie Sloan-Wilcox isn't like other minister's wives you might know. Raised by her free-spirited mother, Junie, it's logical that some of her unconventional ways have rubbed off on Aggie. Sometimes that's not a good thing when your husband is the pastor of the local Unitarian church.
But then, finding the naked body of a woman on her front porch isn't the way to win friends and supporters in the congregation. As the body count begins to rise in Emerald Springs, Ohio, Aggie must find the murderer, or her husband, Ed might take the fall. What could be worse than that? Well, Aggie could become the murderer's subsequent victim.
Emilie Richards, very first in the new Aggie Sloan-Wilcox series, is a fast-paced and fun romp with dead bodies littering the parish landscape in Emerald Springs. Aggie is smart, quirky, fearless and 'nice' even when others' behavior is nasty.
Armchair Interviews says: Richard's cozy amateur sleuth series is one you'll want to start from the beginning.
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